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Pfizer to pay ~$60M to settle Medicare false claims
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Pfizer to pay ~$60M to settle Medicare false claims

Pfizer (PFE), on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical (BHVN), has agreed to pay $59,746,277 to resolve allegations that, prior to Pfizer’s acquisition of the company, Biohaven knowingly caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs by paying kickbacks to health care providers to induce prescriptions of Biohaven’s drug Nurtec ODT.

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